Monday, February 27, 2012

A great moment has arrived. The Supreme Court has decided to review racial preference in college admission. 80-20 will be in the fight. We'll make a difference, IF you'll complete the SURVEY, shown below!

"a race neutral and merit-based college admission policy. By merit-based, it means based on the current scholastic achievement and evaluated future potential of an applicant."

Take 80-20's SURVEY To Project Your Voice To The Supreme Court!

All Asian Americans (US citizens & permanent residents) may take this SURVEY. You can choose FOR or AGAINST the race-neutral admission policy advocated by 80-20. Result of the survey will be reported in 80-20's legal brief to the Supreme Court.

We have great data and new info for that brief. This may be a great opportunity for some Asian Am lawyers to shine while doing our community a great service. & to be remembered by history. Contact me.

Our Chance of Affecting the Supreme Court Decision?

Significant, if our SURVEY has 50,000 particpants and the consensus is clear.

The Supreme Court last confirmed the current race-based admission policy in 2003 by a 5-4 vote. Now that Justice O'Connor has been replace by Justice Alito, many legal experts expect the vote will be reversed. In addition, Justices, Elena Kagan has recused herself on this decision.

The court will hear the case in Oct. However, the SURVEY must be done in 2 months BEFORE the deadline to file the legal brief.

Do We Care About Giving Qualified Minority Student A Chance?

Absolutely! Note that 80-20 advocates an admission policy that also emphasize "evaluated potential of an applicant." Current scholastic achievement is NOT everything.

New research has found that the current admission policy 5bf0 creates an "academic mismatch" that injures black and Hispanic students. Many college admission staff consider having more blacks & Hispanics on campus as an honor badge. They admit unqualified students who would later feel overwhelmed and discouraged by the competition resulting in lowgraduation rates and avoidance of fields in STEM. See a Chronicle of Higher Ed article:http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/academic-mismatch-what-academic-mismatch/41915 .

* When a survey of 50,000 AsAm participants is projected to the nationalpopulation scale, it will be equivalent to 1,000,000 people having takenthe survey, since the national population is 20 times larger.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

80-20 Educational Foundation will formally present the result of ourpetition to Pres. Obama, although the White House was informed all along.

You need to do YOUR PART for full impact. Click on this link to find a map: http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/ . Click on your state to find thenames & the "Contact Form" of your 2 US senators and 1 congressperson. Click on the URL at the extreme right opposite to a senator's name. Complete the table with your name, Zipcode, …, etc. Then copy & pastethe following to the email window, provided in each site.

"10,000 Asian Ams have petitioned Pres. Obama crying out for justice for Danny Chen. This is an emotionally explosive issue with the entire Asian Am. community. To see the petition and names of those petitioners, visit http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/12ps/f&w=no

10,000 Asian American petitioners, when projected to the national scale, are equivalent to 200,000 US citizens petitioning, since Asian Ams represent only 1/20 of the national population. PLEASE PAY KEEN ATTENTION to this explosive issue whose solution is JUSTICE."

If you'll do your part, 80-20 shall secure justice for Danny Chen and ALL Asian Ams. Contact your congressional representatives NOW! It'll takeonly a few minutes. A dose of preventive medicine goes a long way!

PS: For the OTHER case in which an Asian Am soldier also committed suicide, all the trials are over. 2 of the accused soldiers were freed, and the 3rd got one month of jail time only. Recall how our inexperienced elected officials tried to mix this case with that of Danny Chen. They also emphasized "training programs" BEFORE justice has been secured. 80-20 was compelled to intervene & oppose. The validity of 80-20's leadershipand judgment is now OBVIOUS.

Do your share! Otherwise, lives of Asian American soldiers in the ArmedSerivcs will not be worth a damn. We will bear the shame of allowing VincentChin II to happen, when we could have asserted ourselves to prevent it.

We are masters of our own destiny. We are proud pioneers who willwillingly go above and beyond our call of duty. SIGN NOW AND GET ONE MORE TO SIGN!

Your signing alone is NOT enough. Get ALL your relatives & Asian American friends to participate in this "Justice First Movement." Forward this "Call to Action." A fantastically large number of signers shall convince Pres. Obama to take action. Only then have we fulfilled our generational duties to our offspring, and our patriotic duties to America.

Friday, February 10, 2012

If YOU aim to achieve justice for Danny Chen, then DO NOT MIX Danny's case with another case of an AsAm soldier committing suicide, possibly owing to hazing. The other case was much weaker. Two of the 3 culprits have already being tried. The first guilty soldier got a slap on the wrist. The second one was found NOT guilty yesterday.

Do NOT mix the 2 cases, because OTHERWISE the same type of results could be handed down to those who bullied Danny Chen. Those who mixed the 2 cases will have paved the way for that kind of result.

There are 2 HUGE DIFFERNECES between the two cases:1) The bullying of Danny Chen was clearly racial. The other hazing was likely caused by the AsAm soldier falling sleep repeatedly during guard duties in a war zone. See the differences!

2) Danny was a Private, he was bullied by his superiors who actually have the duty to protect him. The other AsAm was hazed by 3 soldiers, two of whom were fellow corporals. A subtle but important legal pt.

(a) The fouling up of the Vincent Chin's case: An Asian Am. prosecution attorney was possibly tricked into coaching witnesses. It led to a REVERSAL of a guilty finding, with a 25 years of jail sentence for the culprit, by a higher federal court. Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vincent_Chin .

(b) Earlier, in Danny Chen's case there was a bandwagon of inexperienced Asian Am. leaders emphasizing "training programs against hazing" instead of insisting on "Justice First." 80-20 pointed out that training programs would he ineffective, if the guilt ones would be let off easy. Immediately, 80-20 started the "Justice First Movement," and stopped that bandwagon!

Congresswoman Judy Chu has joined 80-20's "Justice First Movement." We thank her.

Don't relax. Another HUGE mistake could be in the making.

Recently, in-experienced Asian Am leaders are MIXING THE TWO CASES in one breadth. Ask them to think things through. Perhaps, nudge them to just follow 80-20's lead.

Is justice for the other AsAm soldier important? YES! Does 80-20 have enough resources to do a good job in both? NO! Hopefully, one day, with your support, 80-20 will have enough resources to cover ALL needed cases.

Acknowledgement:Ping S. Chung, Morristown NJ: $1,000 Harry Xu, Allendale, NJ: $1,000 to 80-20 PACPuzzled: The last 4 Life Members all came from NJ. Who is doing such a effective recruiting job for 80-20 in NJ?